I finally got my boys to pose together wearing the Jayne Cobb Hats I knitted for them. Kinda cunning, doncha think?
This incredibly stylish hat has been enthusiastically adopted and recreated by fans of Joss Whedon's sadly-defunct "Firefly" TV series. I tell you, it's a cosmic injustice that the series was canceled after 14 episodes - each one of them was truly perfection. one two-hour pilot and thirteen one-hour episodes. The show originally aired in the US in 2002 on FOX, although FOX aired the episodes out of the intended order and did not air three of the fourteen episodes. [source: Wikipedia] Doomed to fail from the start, unfortunately.
The hat is also truly perfection, which is inspired by a hat worn by one of the show's characters, Jayne Cobb, in one of the episodes. Crafty fans of the show immediately set about making their own versions. I used Dryope's pattern, with Vanna's Choice yarn. (Yes, I know it's acrylic yarn, and some of you may very well turn up your yarn-snob noses at that, but I'm ok with that. I wanted the hats to be sturdy and machine washable. So there.)
I think the ear flaps turned out a little long, but the boys are ok with them, so I can get over it. These were my first ever hats, so if long ear flaps are the worst of it, I call it a win. :)